[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 68 (Friday, May 20, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D521]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS--TOWARD A CULTURE OF ACHIEVEMENT
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled ``Declaration 
of Education: Toward a Culture of Achievement in D.C. Public Schools.'' 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District of 
Columbia: Robert C. Bobb, Deputy Mayor/City Administrator; Kathleen 
Patterson, Chairperson, Committee on Education, Libraries and 
Recreation, Council; Peggy Cooper Cafritz, President, Board of 
Education; Clifford B. Janey, Superintendent, Public Schools; Charles 
H. Ramsey, Chief of Police, Metropolitan Police Department; and Brenda 
Donald Walker, Director, Child and Family Services Agency; and public 
witnesses.